I Think I Need to Start Videotaping...
This year I am teaching Spanish 1, Spanish 3 and Spanish 4....with students of every imaginable level within those three classes. I am having a terrible time trying to pay attention to how well I am doing staying the target language. A simple way would be to have a student tally statements in English. But I need to do something so that I know that I am on the right track.
Laurie--
I have been trying to motivate myself to do the same. I haven't trained my kids (just seeing them once a week) to really understand the job of tallying reps, etc. I want them focused on what is being said. I also want to focus on where I slip to English and what seems to precede that for me. I think that will help me develop a strategy for not moving into English as much. I hear myself in the moment, but can't hold it over for reflection afterwards.
Make a deal. You videotape one class this week and I will too. There is courage in numbers no matter how far apart.
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